Hmm, I don't recall it being a handfull. I went 8.70 @ 159 in this car with a 406 Hemi and Lenco at NHRA weight. The only startling thing I remember about the top end on runs such as that is that as the rear slicks grew in circumference, the top of the windshield opening would go below the track level right as you appraoched the finish line, so you lost sight of the end of the track until the parachute hit and the speed came down. Was it a rush, the ultimate E ticket ride at the time? Yep!

Mark Panos